School of Sustainability
Organisational unit: Research School
- Centre for Sustainability Management (CSM)
- Institute of Ecology
- Institute of Ethics and Transdisciplinary Sustainability Research
- Institute of Sustainability Governance
- Institute of Sustainability Material Flows and Circularity
- Institute of Sustainability Psychology
- Institute of Sustainable Chemistry
- Social-Ecological Systems Institute (SESI)
- Sustainability Education and Transdisciplinary Research Institute
Organisation profile
Sustainability has many facets. Inter- and transdisciplinary research and teaching characterize the School of Sustainability. Scientists in our research projects work together in the laboratory, on the heath, in the grassland, in the classroom, with the city administration, with farmers, with non-governmental organizations, with companies, with students in the lecture hall and of course at their desks.
Furthermore, we work with regional and national political actors, e.g. ministries, as well as international organizations, e.g. UNEP, UNESCO, EU. We are part of national and international bodies, e.g. sustainability advisory boards of companies, member of the German Sustainability Award, World Biodiversity Council (IPBES), in order to contribute to social change with scientific findings.
Main research areas
Vision
Sustainability science investigates on a theoretical, conceptual and empirical level how to promote sustainable development and how to find and implement effective solutions for current social and ecological challenges. The aim is to create a more sustainable future.
Sustainability researchers are called upon to take responsibility for their research, which is anchored in existing scientific knowledge and methods and serves to make the world a better place for everyone.
Mission
We promote change towards a sustainable future by developing theories, concepts and practices of inclusive education for sustainability, research, governance and management.
We acknowledge the diversity and dynamics of values, norms and behaviour and contribute with transdisciplinary methods to ensuring that tensions and differences between different disciplines, methods, topics and standards are fruitfully taken up and used with productive compromises and further developments towards sustainable development.
Principles
The School of Sustainability is guided by the normative concepts of ecological system integrity and social and economic justice.
Ecological system integrity refers to the safeguarding of life-support systems, as well as the maintenance of the well-being of life on Earth.
With social and economic justice we strive for a world in which all people can fulfil their potential without endangering system integrity and the well-being of others.
Information about the School
The School of Sustainability includes...
... ca. 25 professors
... ca. 100 research assistants
... ca. 1000 students in Bachelor and Master courses
In various inter- and transdisciplinary projects we are constantly researching and working together on changes and solutions for current challenges.
The Implementation and Future Challenges of Education for Sustainable Development in Germany
Rieckmann, M. (Speaker)
21.09.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
The Implementation of Environmental Management Accounting in South-East Asian companies
Burritt, R. L. (Speaker), Herzig, C. (Speaker), Schaltegger, S. (Speaker) & Viere, T. (Speaker)
25.04.2005 → 27.04.2005Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
The Implementation of Urban Nature-Based Solutions for Water Retention in the Delta Cities Hamburg and Rotterdam
Spantzel, T. (Speaker), Clouting, H. (Speaker) & Urban, B. (Coauthor)
17.11.2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
The importance of scales for legitimate and effective participatory environmental governance. Findings from a multi-level comparative case study of implementing the Water Framework Directive (with D. Schulz)
Newig, J. (Speaker) & Schulz, D. (Speaker)
08.03.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
The influence of polycentricity on collaborative environmental management – the case of EU Water Framework Directive implementation in Germany
Newig, J. (Oral presentation)
27.06.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
The journey to Balance Brings Beauty
Horcea-Milcu, A. I. (Organiser), Lang, D. J. (Speaker), Lam, D. (Speaker), Apetrei, C. (Participant) & Clarke, E. (Speaker)
07.06.2017Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Transfer
The Justice Dimension of Sustainability - A systematic and general conceptual framework
Stumpf, K. (Speaker), Baumgärtner, S. (Coauthor), Glotzbach, S. (Coauthor) & Becker, C. (Coauthor)
18.06.2013 → 21.06.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Themenoffene Nachwuchstagung - DVPW 2011
Sulmowski, J. A. (Participant)
17.11.2011 → 18.11.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
The more attractive the more effective? Investigating the association of user experience and efficacy of an online and app-based gratitude intervention to reduce repetitive negative thinking
Kahnbach, L. (Speaker), Heckendorf, H. (Coauthor) & Lehr, D. (Coauthor)
19.09.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
The Nature of Rurality. Nature-Gender-Relations in Rural Areas
Mölders, T. (Lecturer)
18.05.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research